Here in Round 5 I have the pleasure of bringing to you a match featuring two-time champion and ARG’s own Jeff Jones against ARG mainstay Dalton Bousman. Both duelists are piloting different versions of the flavor-filled archetype, but only one of these seasoned duelists will keep the undefeated dream alive! Game 1 Jeff wins the die roll and elects to go first. Jeff Normal Summons Mathematician to send Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss to bring out Scarm, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss which dies. He sets three. During the End Phase he adds Tour Guide from the Underworld Read more

We’re here in Round 2 featuring Zach Savigano piloting Satellarknights against Koty Angeloff’s Spellbooks! Despite people calling this a “three-deck format,” Koty has come here with a tried-and tested strategy that has survived through multiple formats. Will old be able to topple over new, or will the Satellarknights prove too much to handle? Game 1 Zach wins the die roll and elects to go second. Koty begins the match by Normal Summoning Spellbook Magician of Prophecy to search out Spellbook of Secrets to get The Grand Spellbook Tower. He then activates The Grand Spellbook Tower, sets two backrow, and Read more

How’s it going everybody? Before the tournament began this morning, I sat down with a few duelists to pick their brain and to learn a little bit more about them. Keep on the lookout for more interviews from a wide variety of duelists! Patrick Hoban Age: Old enough to drink Occupation: Jerry Inc. Hometown: Covington, GA Accomplishments: 5 rings, 20 tops How have you enjoyed the past format: It’s been good to me *smirk*. What do you hope is changed on the new Forbidden and Limited list?: Finish banning the alternate win-con cards (Life Equalizer), a lot of cards that could Read more

We’re finally here! The Grand Finals of the first ever ARG Player’s Championship! Luke Feeney has battled his way through the winner’s bracket to earn his seat here, while Alyx Lisgathe has had to fight his way up from the Loser’s Bracket for a chance at the title. The odds are stacked in favor of Luke, however, as he only has to win one match while Alyx must beat him twice. Will Spellbooks be able to dethrone the format juggernaut that is HAT or will HAT continue its dominating run through the Player’s Championship? Alyx won game one before Read more

We’re all the way to the Top 4 of the Loser’s Bracket. These duelists have fought long and hard after suffering an earlier defeat, but they still have a chance at glory! Aaron is running HAT, a deck we have seen countless times today already, while Alyx is championing the Spellbook archetype. Will Alyx’s Spellcasters be able to topple Aaron’s HAT? Alyx wins the die roll and elects to go first. He simply sets two to his backrow and passes. Araron sets two to his backrow, plays Cardcar D and passes, drawing him two cards. Alyx activates Spellbook Library of Read more

Allllllllright everyone welcome back to the ARG Circuit Series Championship here in Cleveland, OH. We have an awesome feature match for you guys here in the Top 16. First we have ARG Hall of Famer and multiple premier event winner Jeff Jones from Shelby Township, Michigan playing Bujin. Next his opponent is Matthew Nistico from New Jersey and he is playing HAT. For this round players are re-sleeving their decks and reviewing their opponents deck lists. Jeff rolls a 6 and Matthew rolls a 2, Jeff opts to start us off. Game 1 Jeff’s opening hand consists of Bunjingi Crane, Read more

Alright here is our Top 32 Feature Match for the first ever ARG Circuit Championship here in Cleveland, OH. We have an awesome match coming to you. We have someone who we saw yesterday in a few feature matches Larry Musgrove from Cincinnati, OH and he is playing Geargiakuri. His opponent Pedro Parreno from New York City, New York and he is playing Madolche. Pedro rolls a 9 to Larry’s 5 and he opts to go first. Let’s get right into it. Game 1 Pedro leads off with Madolche Anjelly tributing it to Special Summon Madolche Hootcake. Hootcake’s effect banishes Read more

Here we are in our last feature match of our swiss rounds. We have a whopper of feature match for you guys here because both of our players are ARG Circuit Series winners. First we have Kevin Silva from San Diego, California playing HAT. His opponent is Nate Forte from Cleveland, OH and he is playing T.G. Hand Madolche. Kevin rolls a 6 and Nate rolls a 7, he chooses to go first. Let’s jump right into the match without further ado. Game 1 Nate opens with Bottomless Trap Hole, Madolche Messengelato, Madolche Anjelly, Compulsory Evacuation Device, and Maxx “C”. Read more

Welcome back to the ARG Circuit Series Championship here in Cleveland, OH! First we have James Guerrero from Jersey City, New Jersey and he is playing Water. His opponent is a multiple premier event winner so he is no stranger to being in a tough position, he is from Philadelphia, PA and is playing Geargiartifacts. James rolls a 9 to Tyree’s 6 and will be going first. Game 1 James opts to go first and opens with Atlantean Marksman, Allure of Darkness, Forbidden Lance, Mind Control, and Upstart Goblin. He Upstarts into Genex Controller bringing Tyree to 9000. He sets Read more

Alright guys we have an awesome match in our final feature match of the day. First off we have Joe Giorlando, who is no stranger to Premier events and the top tables and he is from the Boston area, MA playing Sylvan. His opponent Eaton Guo has topped a couple of Circuit Series and other premier events and he is playing the deck he has had success with…Madolche. This should be an interesting match so lets jump right in! Game 1 Eaton starts with Madolche Anjelly tributing it to Special Summon Madolche Hootcake from the deck, Hootcake banishes Anjelly to Read more